This book contains fresh insights into ecumenism and, notwithstanding claims of an ecumenical winter, affirms the view that we are actually moving into a new ecumenical spring. It offers new theological insights in the areas of Christology, Pneumatology and Trinitarian theology, and discusses developments in ecumenism in the USA, UK, Australia, India, and Africa, as well as in ecumenical institutions such as the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Anglican Roman Catholic Commission (ARCIC).
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Section I The Spirit of Ecumenism: Theological Impulses |
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2 Spirit Christology: Rethinking Christo-Centric Theology |
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3 God's Spirit, the Human Spirit, and the Outpouring of the Spirit |
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4 Theological Horizons for an Ecumenical Future: A Response to Michael Welker |
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Section II Context for Discernment and Decision-Making |
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5 A Critical Reflection of the Role of "Context" in Discernment, Decision-Making and Reception |
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6 Receptive Ecumenism in Africa: Lessons Learned from the Actual Faith of Everyday Christians |
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7 Ecumenical Thrusts for Discernment from the Perspectives of the Indian Subcontinent |
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8 Chiara Lubich and Decision-Making: A Spiritual Methodology of Mutual Reception Based on Christ Crucified and Forsaken |
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Section III Receiving Through Dialogue: Past and Present |
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9 The Church Local, Regional and Universal: A Delicate Balance. A Recent Ecclesiological Statement of ARCIC in |
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10 United Not Absorbed: The Malines Conversation Revisited |
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11 The Anniversary of the Reformation as a Moment for Ecclesial Learning |
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12 Receptive Ecumenism in the Context of Bilateral Dialogues |
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Section IV The Spirit of Convergence: A Way Forward? |
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13 Reconciling Theology: Three Concepts for Convergence |
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14 A Ministry of Mary? The Question of the Ordination of Women Revisited in Light of the Theology of Complementarity |
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15 Ecumenism for a Global Church: Can the Churches of the West and Those of the Global South Learn from Each Other? |
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16 Discerning the Call of the Spirit to Theological-Ecclesial Renewal: Notes on Being Reasonable and Responsible in Receptive Ecumenical Learning |
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17 Does Receptive Ecumenism Have a Future? |
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Appendix: Letters of Greetings |
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Virginia Miller is a research fellow at the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia.
The Most Revd. Sir David Moxon is Archbishop Emeritus of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia.
The Rt. Revd Prof. Stephen Pickard is the Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, and Director of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology. Both centres are under the aegis of Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia.